Allergy sufferers, did removing carpeting help?

[Anonymous]

My husband had terrible allergies when we moved into our house. His allergist asked if we had carpet- which we did - he said hard wood or tile we would be much better for him, and it has. They also suggested getting our ducts cleaned. I know some people have said its not worth it - but it was an old house and we decided to try since he was miserable. Doing both have seem to improve his symptoms significantly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES. And when you see what comes out of the carpet they remove, you will understand why.

We had new carpet (installed when house was for sale) and had it professionally cleaned twice in four years. Basically: probably the best-case scenario for how clean it was. Used an Alen air purifier in the room.

If you have allergies and carpet, nothing you do to the carpet is meaningful. Remove it.

OMG this. Once see all the dust that’s under ALL carpet—even freshly vacuumed carpet, you will be so glad it’s gone.

[Anonymous]

Huge difference.

[Anonymous]

I tested very high for dust mites. Claritin and Flonase do very little. We spent a lot on replacing with hardwood but it didn’t help much. I have a hepa purifier and dust mite bed covers for the bedroom. That helps the most but not enough.
I also did shots and back to square one, one year past. This is getting old and I am miserable year round. My 10 yr old just recently tested positive for dust mites as well along with almond and a couple of other things but mites was high. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finally figured out that DS's terrible allergies are mainly from dust mites. Our top floor is carpeted, and the carpet is pretty old. The allergist said to get rid of the carpet but we JUST replaced all our siding and it will be a big lift to afford replacing with wood. We'd rather do the whole floor than just one room. For those that did this, did it make a big difference? We've covered the bed with allergy covers and put stuffed animals in plastic bins but hasn't seemed to help too much yet.

May I ask what symptoms your child has? Mine is having long lasting sore throat that flares up for a few weeks then goes down ( the soreness is in the middle inside plus some stuffy nose). We did allergies, and dust mites showed the highest value. Not sure though if the throat is allergies and nasal drip or acid reflux

Stuffy nose and itchy eyes that are worse every night when he goes to bed and wakes up in the morning. Its year round. The allergist also suggested allergy shots which sound way better than taking Flonase so often but I'm having a hard time imagining taking a 7 year old to get a shot every week for a year.

Is that the schedule the allergist told you?

We went once a week or twice a week during buildup phase. It takes 3-6 months to get to the maintenance dose, depending if you go twice a week/every 3 days. Then after that it's once a month.

Then the tricky part is remembering to go once a month so you don't have to go back to build up phase.

They told us to figure on doing it for at least 2 years though I believe they recommend 5.

And it is definitely helping!

[Anonymous]

Yes carpet is terrible for allergies.

I would never live in a house with carpet.

Air purifiers also help a lot

[Anonymous]

1. Get rid of the carpet stat.
2. Allergy shots - our child started in 3rd grade and it was life changing
3. Flonase or Nasocort evey day (you have to start before allergy season, which for our child, is year round)

[Anonymous]

100% yes.